Tagged: stamp duty

New research from Simple Landlords has shown that 47% of UK landlords have changed their investment plans based on tax changes. Ranking as the number one concern amongst landlords are the changes to tax...

The Office for Budget Responsibility has warned that one of the key measures introduced in yesterday’s budget could backfire on chancellor, Philip Hammond. Stamp duty for all properties up to £300,000 bought by first-time...

A survey of over 3,000 landlords carried out by the Residential Landlord Associations’ Private Renting Evidence, Analysis and Research Lab (PEARL), has found that 68% of landlords are reluctant to invest in new properties...

A new report from the Adam Smith Institute has urged the UK Chancellor to urge stamp duty on property transactions. The property tax is payable, in rising increments, on landlord or property bought for...

David Miles, former independent member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has said that Tenants could potentially face a 20-30% increase in rent because of tax rises affecting Landlords. The Professor of...

The percentage of landlords now paying cash for buy-to-let properties reached 61% in January 2017, the highest since records began in 2007. Since the introduction of the 3% stamp duty surcharge in April 2016,...

Analysis by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows that the UK now has the highest property taxes in the developed world, accounting for 12.7% of the total tax burden in 2014....

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has predicted that 2017 will see both a fall in the number of homes being made available to let and higher rents. The association’s managing director, David...

Hopes that the 3% stamp duty imposed earlier this year on additional homes would be reversed were dashed when Philip Hammond unveiled his Autumn Statement yesterday. The UK Chancellor failed to take on board...